Commision To Make Pay Recommendation

21 July 2015

The Low Pay Commission officially launches its report today amid controversy over a reported recommendation to increase the national minimum wage. Trade unions are unhappy about the scale of the rise - which gives workers just 4 euro extra per day. Employers groups are insisting the 50 cent hourly hike will put small businesses under pressure. Maeve McElwee of employer's group IBEC says many companies can't afford it: